勒 — Chinese character
勒
lēi
to strangle; to tighten
- Pinyin
- lēi
- Radical
- 19 ⼒ (Power)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 革 力
- Formation
- pictophonetic — strength; meaning component 力; sound component 革
- Japanese
- 勒 as a kanji
Common words with 勒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勒索 | lè suǒ | to blackmail; to extort |
| 勾勒 | gōu lè | to draw the outline of; to outline |
| 勒令 | lè lìng | to order; to force |
| 格勒 | gé lè | (onom.) laughing sound; glug-glug haha! |
| 勒死 | lēi sǐ | to strangle |
| 敲诈勒索 (敲詐勒索) | qiāo zhà lè suǒ | extortion and blackmail (idiom) |
| 勒紧 (勒緊) | lēi jǐn | to tighten |
| 勒马 (勒馬) | lè mǎ | to guide a horse with the reins; to rein in a horse |
| 悬崖勒马 (懸崖勒馬) | xuán yá lè mǎ | lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom); fig. to act in the nick of time |
| 罗勒 (羅勒) | luó lè | sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) |
| 塔勒 | tǎ lè | thaler or taler (currency of various Germanic countries in 15th-19th centuries) (loanword) |
| 勒克斯 | lè kè sī | lux (unit of illuminance) (loanword) |
English words written with 勒
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.